The one-man band Ari Miller creates music on the fly and invites anyone to hop on the mic. The result has become an online sensation, and a type of community.
Category: Music
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Joel Krosnick, Longtime Cellist of Juilliard String Quartet, Dies at 84
Widely admired for his intense and precise playing, Mr. Krosnick stayed with the quartet for over 40 years, longer than either of his cellist predecessors.
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Jill Sobule, Singer Behind ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ Dead at 66
Ms. Sobule, 66, died Thursday morning in Woodbury, Minn., her publicist said. She had been scheduled to perform songs from her musical later in the week.
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Ronan the Sea Lion Is Probably Better Than You at Keeping a Beat
As she has aged, the pinniped’s rhythmic abilities have only improved.
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Carla Bley’s 1970s Experimental Masterpiece Gets a Belated Premiere
Cultic and unclassifiable — “clearly some sort of monstrous hybrid” — Bley’s “Escalator Over the Hill,” a 1971 album, is being staged at the New School.
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Strauss’s ‘Salome’ Gets a New Staging at the Metropolitan Opera
In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her younger self.
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Jack Black’s Song ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’
“Steve’s Lava Chicken,” a 34-second song from “A Minecraft Movie,” made the Billboard Hot 100. He charted before with a song from “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
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Boston Pops’ Keith Lockhart Has the Ear of the Red Sox and Classical Fans
Keith Lockhart, who leads the Boston Pops, is a beloved figure in his city’s musical scene, and 30 years in he still has more to give.
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Yunchan Lim Plays Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations at Carnegie Hall
The 21-year-old pianist turned the great set of variations into the story of a young man’s maturation from innocence to experience.
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At 50, the Takacs Quartet Remains as Essential as Ever
With only one of its original members in the group, this ensemble is still identifiably itself, and still going strong.
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David Thomas, Leader of the Band Pere Ubu, Dies at 71
As a singer and songwriter, he pushed the boundaries of punk and art-rock, producing a half century of music, writings and performances and always upending expectations.
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Shostakovich, Boston Symphony Style
Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, Andris Nelsons and the orchestra reveled in the composer’s sonic riches but played with emotional reserve.